. St. Nicholas [serial]. LIONAND THE MOUSE A little Mouse, who chanced tostray Near where a sleeping Lion lay,Forgetting all that prudence taught,Ventured too rashly—and was caught!O Lion! spare my life, I pray!Pleaded the Mouse; I will repayYour kindness without fail. And soThe Lion laughed and let him Mouse, soon after this mishap,Came on the Lion in a trap,Bound by strong ropes; without adoHe set to work and gnawed themthrough. A thousand thanks! the Lion ve saved my life, and shamed my though its true 1 am a King,Position is not owe my life to your q
. St. Nicholas [serial]. LIONAND THE MOUSE A little Mouse, who chanced tostray Near where a sleeping Lion lay,Forgetting all that prudence taught,Ventured too rashly—and was caught!O Lion! spare my life, I pray!Pleaded the Mouse; I will repayYour kindness without fail. And soThe Lion laughed and let him Mouse, soon after this mishap,Came on the Lion in a trap,Bound by strong ropes; without adoHe set to work and gnawed themthrough. A thousand thanks! the Lion ve saved my life, and shamed my though its true 1 am a King,Position is not owe my life to your quick wit!Pray, said the Mouse, dont mention it! THE FOXTHATLOST HIS TAIL A Fox, once in a trap caught fast,Managed, by tugging hard, at lastTo free himself, only to findHed left his precious tail was a pretty state of things!Exposed to all the shafts and stingsOf ridicule and malice, too,What in the world was he to do?One day he hit upon a a meeting of the clan,He made a speech and thus began:.
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